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Overview

Workers’ compensation systems are the way Canada chooses to compensate workers for the effects of work-related injuries. This course examines the compensation of workplace injuries and the management of disability in Canadian workplaces. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a broad grounding in the practice and research literature in these fields. This course emphasizes understanding the experience of workers as they move through injury compensation and disability management processes, as well as understanding the political economy of injury compensation and disability management.

Outline

Unit 1: Injury Compensation in Canada

Unit 2: Impact of Injury

Unit 3: Disability Management in the Workplace

Unit 4: Workplace Violence

Evaluation

To receive credit for HRMT 323, you must complete and submit five assignments. There is no exam. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on these activities. To receive credit for this course, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of each assignment is as follows:

Activity

Weighting

Assignment 1

20%

Assignment 2

15%

Assignment 3

15%

Assignment 4

20%

Assignment 5

30%

Total

100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Barnetson, B. (2010). The political economy of workplace injury in Canada. Edmonton: Athabasca University Press.